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8,597 signatures at time of posting. https://www.change.org/p/cochrane-withdraw-the-harmful-2019-exercise-therapy-for-cfs-review

Published papers from w/c 9th Oct. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid02aVeX8nZVvPPKMHizudhW3ofJaZiYnGEYqYd8xmKxmceMtPEDUyp2KgG1Jvqtato1l Mastodon: https://med-mastodon.com/@s4me/111243588397803713

Full title: The Impact of Depression, Anxiety and Personality Disorders on the Outcome of Patients with Functional Limb Weakness – Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis Objective Psychiatric comorbidities such as depression, anxiety, and personality disorders are common in patients with...

News in Brief posts for w/c 9th Oct. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid0DXNisfLYG88kkDcPqFk6QM8EaBghQSNdSxP6dPrLN2tMAtAKeuAFxyxkp4tTVGuYl Mastodon: https://med-mastodon.com/@s4me/111239003056492168

Peer review record is here, https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8611/5/4/73/review_report

Abstract A 45-year-old male with diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia was referred to urology due to persistent symptoms of urinary frequency, urgency, nocturia, erectile dysfunction, and constant pain localized to the bladder, pelvis, and perineal area, 3–4 months after SARS-CoV-2...

Abstract Background Postacute sequelae of COVID‐19 (PASC) and HIV are both associated with reduced exercise capacity, but whether SARS‐CoV‐2 or PASC are associated with exercise capacity among people with HIV (PWH) is unknown. We hypothesized that PWH with PASC would have reduced exercise...

ABSTRACT Background and Research Question: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic often resulted in prolonged illness courses. A particular challenge today lies in the clinical presentation resembling that of Myalgic Encephalitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). Method: We review selected literature...

Trial By Error: Authors of Dutch Long Covid Paper Contradict Each Other https://virology.ws/2023/10/14/trial-by-error-authors-of-dutch-long-covid-paper-contradict-each-other/

Given that a couple of authors are based at Aarhus I'm surprised that they reported the negative association.

"According to CDC-1994 criteria, 80.4% of the participating mothers have CFS (n=45), and 19.6% have not (n=11)."

"Researchers have created the largest atlas of human brain cells so far, revealing more than 3,000 cell types — many of which are new to science. The work, published in a package of 21 papers today in Science, Science Advances and Science Translational Medicine, will aid the study of diseases...

I had a quick look to see if I could find a recording, sadly I couldn't. What I did find though was a session from the recent "Cochrane London" event entitled "Building trust through co creation: re-imagining evidence".

He'll randomly post from time to time on social media posts repeating his claim to have invented pacing - in fact his last one was yesterday.

8,514 signatures at time of posting. https://www.change.org/p/cochrane-withdraw-the-harmful-2019-exercise-therapy-for-cfs-review

The 20,500 figure is the most up to date one, the slide quoting 20,000 must have been created from slightly older information and the discrepancy between the two slides not spotted. Spit kits are sent out in batches which, while recruitment is still open, is why the number of kits sent out will...

Swedish investigation spoils Macchiarini cover-up at Lancet "New developments in the affair of the murderous trachea transplant surgeon and former Karolinska Institutet professor Paolo Macchiarini. The Swedish National Board for Assessment of Research Misconduct (NPOF) made a decision about a...

Purpose Post-stroke fatigue is a research priority for stroke survivors and health professionals but there is limited evidence to guide management. We aimed to explore (1) the experience of post-stroke fatigue from the perspective of stroke survivors and their caregivers and (2) fatigue...

Well, if you define PEM only as ‘Physically drained or sick after mild activity’ then you deliberately haven't correctly identified if your participants have PEM or not. Biased investigators will produce biased trials that will give biased results.

"Patients diagnosed of ME/CFS should be previously diagnosed or meet the Fukuda et al.(6) criteria at the evaluation time."